Dumb and dumb-more
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German title | Dumb and dumb-more |
Original title | Dumb and Dumber To |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 2014 |
Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 10 |
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Director | Peter and Bobby Farrelly |
script | Bobby Farrelly Peter Farrelly Sean Anders John Morris Bennett Yellin Mike Cerrone |
production | Bobby Farrelly Peter Farrelly Riza Aziz Joey McFarland Bradley Thomas Charles B. Wessler |
music | Empire of the Sun |
camera | Matthew F. Leonetti |
cut | Steven Rasch |
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Dumb and Dumber To (Original title: Dumb and Dumber To) is an American film comedy from Peter and Bobby Farrelly . The sequel to Dumm and Dumber started in US cinemas on November 14, 2014, and one day earlier in Germany. The main roles played again Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels .
action
Lloyd Christmas never got over his unrequited love for Mary Swanson and was sent to a mental institution where his best friend Harry Dunne has been visiting for twenty years. After Harry told the mentally unstable Lloyd that he was not coming to see him anymore, he revealed that he had been faking everything the whole time. The two pile up and find shelter in their old apartment, where Harry confesses his medical problem: Since one of his kidneys has failed, he is terminally ill and will soon need a donor.
Harry's parents are still alive, but he can't expect anything from them; since it is only his foster parents, the kidneys are incompatible. Harry's father gives him the mail that has been piling up since he moved out. Among them is a postcard from his old flame Fraida Felcher from 1991, in which she tells him that she is pregnant and that Harry should call her. Fraida works in her family's funeral home . She writes that she also has a daughter named Fanny, who she gave up for adoption as a baby. She tried to get in touch with Fanny, but the letter came back unanswered with the advice never to write to her again. Fraida also has a picture of the girl that she found online.
The duo decide to look for Fanny and drive to Maryland in the hearse , where she lives. Reunited, the moronic friends go in search of a strange child, Harry's lost offspring, in whom he sees his last resort from the consequences of a serious kidney disease. Dr. Bernard Pinchelow and his wife Adele are the adoptive parents of Fanny, who has taken the new name Penny. Penny has traveled to the KEN Convention in El Paso , Texas , where she is scheduled to give a speech about her father's life's work and deliver a package to one of the doctors at the convention. However, she forgets the package and her cell phone.
With the help of her lover and householder Travis, Adele tries to secretly poison Bernard. When Harry and Lloyd arrive at their house, they inform the Pinchelows of their situation. Adele suggests that Harry and Lloyd deliver the package, which is said to be worth billions, to Penny. Travis accompanies the duo, but becomes extremely angry at the antics of the two. While they are on the move, Travis sets a firecracker in the car, which stuns Harry and Lloyd. You stop with the hearse in the middle of the tracks. When Travis tries to shoot her, he is run over by a freight train. They continue their journey and come across their old car, which they then steal. As Harry suffers a sudden hearing loss from the ignited fireworks , the two visit a nursing home and steal her hearing aid from a resident .
Shortly afterwards, Harry and Lloyd arrive in El Paso. Harry is allowed to enter the KEN Convention , as he has been working for Dr. Pinchelow is held. Lloyd finally reaches Penny and arranges a meeting with her. While Harry attends the conference and is more likely to attract profanity than real expertise, Lloyd learns that he must be Penny's father. A note in the unopened letter Fraida had sent to Penny reminds him that he was with Fraida the night Penny was conceived.
When Penny storms towards the convention to give her speech, but is not allowed in because her identification documents are missing, Adele Pinchelow and Captain Lipcott arrive. Adele exposes Harry and has him removed from the conference. There is a showdown in the toilet: Adele and Lipcott threaten Harry, Fraida and Penny with pistols and ask Harry to hand over the package. At that moment, first Lloyd and then Dr. Pinchelow and three FBI agents. Lloyd has since had a kidney removed to help Harry, as Penny's kidney cannot be compatible. Pinchelow, whose health is in excellent shape, knew about Adele's intentions and has her and lipcott arrested. In the tussle, Adele shoots Penny, but Harry throws himself in front of her and catches the bullet.
Arriving at the hospital, Harry reveals to Lloyd that he is not sick at all and does not need the kidney. This was his revenge for Lloyd's twenty-year deception, which he exposed himself when Lloyd made too many noticeable noises during a bowel movement the previous year. The two are amused about it. Fraida now informs everyone that neither Lloyd nor Harry is Penny's father. Her biological father is the late high school friend Pete Stainer.
When Harry and Lloyd leave El Paso, they meet two pretty ladies and swear to each other that they will do everything right this time: As they pass, they push the women into a bush and run away with a high five .
background
At the end of October 2011 it was announced that the Farrelly brothers would make a sequel to their film Dumm und Dumber . In June 2013 it was officially confirmed that Warner does not want to continue the project. A few days later it was announced that Universal and Red Granite Studios were taking over the project.
criticism
The film received at Metacritic review of 36/100 for a total of 35 reviews. On the Rotten Tomatoes website , the film only received a 28% rating based on 123 reviews. In critic consensus states: " Dumb and Dumber To has its moments, but not enough - the humor of the Farrelly brothers is never so refreshing casually as he once was." The filmdienst ruled in "broad strokes of the film repeatedly principles and Details of the original, only that the children's heads have now almost reached the age of a grandfather ”. The film is "anarchic, rough, yet innocent cinema fun that makes childish simplicity and unsurpassable stupidity appear as enviable gifts".
Web links
- Official website
- Dumb and Dumber To the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Dumb and Dumber more at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Dumb and Dumber more at Metacritic (English)
- Dumb and Dumber more in the online film database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for stupid and stupid . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2014 (PDF; test number: 147 881 K).
- ↑ Age rating for stupid and stupid . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Release Info. Internet Movie Database , accessed October 17, 2014 .
- ↑ The Farrelly brothers want to be stupid and dumber again . In: Moviepilot . October 27, 2011. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
- ↑ Did it work out for Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels? Warner gives up continuation of "Dumb and Dumber" . In: film starts . June 11, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
- ↑ Universal takes over "Dumm und Dumber 2" from Warner and saves the project with Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels . In: film starts . June 19, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
- ^ Dumb and Dumber To. Metacritic , accessed December 23, 2014 .
- ^ Dumb and Dumber To (2014). Rotten Tomatoes , accessed on December 23, 2014 (English): "Dumb and Dumber To does have its moments, but not enough of them - and the Farrelly brothers' brand of humor is nowhere near as refreshingly transgressive as it once seemed."
- ↑ Holger Römers: Dumb and Dummehr. film-dienst , 24/2014, accessed on December 23, 2014 .